India report: Supreme Court of India rejects pleas challenging 2016 demonetisation

Listen to the latest SBS Hindi news from India. 02/01/2023

An Indian girl shows her inked finger as she holds new Indian currency notes at a bank in Bhopal, India, 16 November 2016 when the elimination of the 500 and 1,000 rupee bills was announced. The Supreme Court of India upholds the legality of the demonetisation on 02 January 2023. EPA/SANJEEV GUPTA Source: EPA / SANJEEV GUPTA/EPA

• The Supreme Court of India gives a reprieve to the BJP-ruled government; upholds the validity, and legality of demonetisation.         
  
• Four people dead in two separate incidents in the Rajouri region of the India-controlled Union Territory of Jammu.  
  
• Former Indian hockey team captain and current sports minister of Haryana, Sandeep Singh resigns after a sexual harassment complaint against him.       
  
• The BJP is under pressure after the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh becomes the fourth opposition-ruled state to revert to the Old Pension Scheme.

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